Chapter 171 Ming Dynasty must have blood!
Not long after Zhu Houzhao left the court, the British Duke Zhang Mao took Zhang Lun to see Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao also announced their entry.
"Your Majesty, I have brought Zhang Lun here to apologize to you!" Zhang Mao saluted Zhu Houzhao as soon as he saw him, and Zhang Lun also saluted.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask: "What crime do you want to ask for?"
"Zhang Lun was young and collided with the envoy, almost causing disaster for the Ming Dynasty!" Zhang Mao replied.
"Zhang Lun is not guilty, but he is wrong." Zhu Houzhao asked Zhang Lun: "Zhang Lun, do you know what mistakes you made."
Naturally, Zhang Lun didn't know either. He was quickly released after being captured by Chang Zhengyi, the censor of the city. After all, Chang Zhengyi didn't dare to really arrest them and put them in prison, but Zhang Lun still informed him about it. British Duke Zhang Mao.
The British Duke Zhang Mao knew that paying tribute from a foreign vassal was not a trivial matter, let alone a young prince, so he had no choice but to bring his grandson to plead guilty, as a way to find out whether Emperor Zhu Houzhao was really trying to appease the young prince's envoys. , and blame his grandson.
"Please make it clear, Your Majesty," Zhang Lun could only reply.
"You are wrong because you don't have the spirit of a general! A barbarian dared to whip my people in the Ming Dynasty at will. As a general, why didn't you kill him directly on the spot! You also allowed him to come to my court to be arrogant, and you also made yourself Got it in Prison! It’s not shameful! Do you really think that I will execute you for a barbarian! How dare I expect someone like you to protect my Ming Dynasty and my people!”
Zhu Houzhao scolded loudly.
Zhang Lun did not expect that he would be scolded by Hijab, not because he had collided with the envoy, but because he should not behave arrogantly. He couldn't help but explain:
"Your Majesty, I am not a coward! If that man named Chang hadn't moved out my eldest father, I would have killed him long ago!"
"Don't explain! Get back! Seeing a coward like you makes me feel ashamed for your ancestors!"
Zhu Houzhao said and walked away with a wave of his sleeves.
Zhang Lun couldn't help but stood up and wanted to explain again. For a moment, his muscles and bones were bulging, and he wished he could kill Urusbolot now. However, at this time, Zhang Mao still held Zhang Lun back:
"Confused boy, His Majesty is so excited after such a provocation! It doesn't make sense for you to kill Urus Borot now. Do you really not understand what His Majesty means? He is telling us that His Majesty intends to revitalize The military affairs of the Ming Dynasty do not want us nobles to be as weak as the civil servants. Your Majesty wants to reuse our nobles and let us continue to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty. We will go back to practice martial arts and learn the art of war, which will be of great use in the future!"
After Zhang Mao said this, Zhang Lun felt a little calmer, but Zhu Houzhao's words that he was a coward and a coward still stuck in his heart like a thorn, making him think of Zhu Houzhao's scolding him whenever he closed his eyes. When he said that, he immediately wanted to kill a few Tatars immediately to show that he was not a coward.
Zhu Houzhao knew that with the development of the Ming Dynasty, under the background of advocating civility and restraining military force, many military ministers and nobles had lost their blood. It was first-rate to engage in internal fighting and embezzle people's interests, but when it came to leading troops to fight and dealing with foreign enemies, they were also They are no longer as brave as they used to be, otherwise they would not have been oppressed by civil servants all the time. They even lined up to surrender when the Ming Dynasty collapsed in history. Their cowardice is no less than that of civilian officials.
Now Zhu Houzhao wants to stimulate the blood in these people in various ways, so as not to let these nobles forget what their mission is.
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Because Zhu Houzhao had a tough attitude toward the outside world, his subordinates also began to change their attitudes.
Although Ulus Boluot was whipped, he still had to continue to fulfill his mission to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when Taipu Temple Minister Zhai Ming sent someone to summon him, he still had to be obedient. I came to Taipu Temple.
"Jinong Wulusboluot, your country said it would donate three thousand good horses, but what you gave was three hundred bad horses. What do you mean? Do you want to deliberately deceive me, the Ming Dynasty, or do you mean these three hundred horses?" A bad horse is just a beast that you, Ulus Boluot, brought for sale! Haven't you brought your tribute horse yet?" asked Zhai Ming, the minister of Taipu Temple.
"These are three thousand good horses!" Urus Borot replied directly.
"Insolent! It seems that you are not sincere. I will report your behavior of deceiving our Ming Dynasty to His Majesty truthfully! In addition, you have now committed the crime of deceiving His Majesty! You are not allowed to leave the capital without permission! I am the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Punishment, and I will arrest you You! Then let your Majesty judge you!”
After Zhai Ming finished speaking, he let Urusbolot leave by himself and stopped taking the initiative to see him off.
Ulus Borot became increasingly angry because of this. He did not expect that when he came to pay tribute, not only would he be insulted by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but now even a Ming Dynasty official would dare to insult him. Now he can't wait to return to Tatar immediately to report this matter. Inform the little prince, and then lead tens of thousands of cavalry to conquer the Ming Dynasty.
But he couldn't leave now, and there was a possibility of being imprisoned and tried.
Urusbolot became more and more depressed as he thought about this. What made him even more depressed was that the officials of the Ministry of Rites no longer wanted to see him, and they did not even mention the reward in return.
Ulus Borot began to regret following his father Khan's order to go to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy. He found that it was impossible to get any benefits from paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and it was not cost-effective to plunder directly.
Ulus Boluot could only drink in the Huitong Hall now. He couldn't help but think of his previous experience of killing and killing Han people at will. He hated this feeling now, being controlled by the Han people and constrained in the Huitong Hall. The feeling, therefore, he took advantage of the drunkenness to leave the hall.
Seeing this, the officials of the Huitong Hall naturally came to stop him: "Master Jinong! You are not allowed to leave this place without permission from the court!"
"Get out of the way! You despicable Han people also want to stop me. Believe it or not, I will kill you directly! Do you know how many Han people I have killed! You dare to stop me and seek death!"
Ulus Borot yelled with a hint of drunkenness, and the officials below were also instinctively afraid of Ulus Borot. After all, Ulus Borot was very tall and strong.
Therefore, Urus Borot left the Huitong Hall and came to Wuman City. He wandered around and saw a private house and broke in directly. Seeing this, the owner of the private house hurriedly shouted: " What do you want to do!”
Ulus Borot snorted and pushed the owner away. Ulus Borot, who was always good at robbing houses, broke into the inner courtyard of this house and shed tears when he saw the young woman cooking in the kitchen. Halazi walked over with a lewd smile and was about to throw the young woman to the ground.
Seeing that his wife was about to be insulted, the owner of the house hurriedly ran over and stopped Urusbolot: "This good man! No matter which Tatar tribe you are from, you must not insult my wife, otherwise, I will report it to the official!”
"Despicable Han people! Die for me!"
Ulus Borot directly picked up a kitchen knife and chopped it at the owner of the house. The owner was hacked to death on the spot!
At this time, the officials under the Huitong Pavilion had already reported to Tiebo, the chief guest of the Ministry of Etiquette, about Urus Borot leaving the Huitong Pavilion without permission. They also rushed over with officers and soldiers, but they happened to see Ulus Borot. The scene of killing this Ming citizen.
After this plot, I have to ask a question, should Urus Borot be killed or not? Killing is to maintain justice and safeguard the Ming Dynasty's extraterritorial power! Not killing can avoid irritating the little prince. Although Zhu Houzhao's toughness in paying tribute to Ulus Boluot has already angered the little prince, if he kills his son, it will be even more unlikely to end.
(End of chapter)